Water-proof garment



(No Model.)

A. r. CHASE. WATER PROOF GARMENT.

N0.-422,917. Patent-ed Mar. 11, 1890.

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' To all whom/it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AMOS F. CHASE, or LYNN, MAssAcHUsETTs.

WATER-PROOF GARMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. $22,917, dated March11, 1890.

Application filed October 3, 1887. Serial No. 251,357. (No model.)

Be it known that I, AMOS F. CHASE, of the city of Lynn, in the county ofEssex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Rubber and other Tater-Proof earing-Apparel, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

As well known, much annoyance and discomfort are experienced in the wearof waterproof garments by the dripping of water from them.

It is the object of this invention to remedy this annoyance anddiscomfort; and to that end the invention in substance consists of awater-proof garment provided at its back with water receiving andconducting gutters or channels which run from opposite sides of thegarment in a downward direction and at an inclination, those of the oneside toward those of the other side, and terminate at or near thevertical central line of the back and are open along their upper edgesand at their lower ends, and all so as to receive the water shed by andflowing over the surface of the garment above them, and on itsshoulder-points and the lapels of its pockets with water receiving andconducting gutters or channels,,each crossing and having a downwardincline from front to rear of the garment and severally open along theirupper edges and at their lower and back ends in open communication withsaid gutters of the back, all so that the water shed by and running overthe shoulder-points and pocketlapels, and which would otherwise escapedirectly therefrom, is caused to be conducted and delivered into thesaid water-channels of the back to be by them conducted and dischargedfrom the garment practically in a stream common to them all,substantially as hereinafter described.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view in wearing position of a rubber overcoat having watergutters or channels in accordance with this invention. Figs. 2, 3, 4,and 5 are views in detail, as will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings, Ais an overcoat suitable for men, made of rubber. B isits portion covering the body and legs of the wearer. O G are itssleeves: D D are its shouldenpoints,

and E E are the lapels to its pockets, the pockets not being shown.

The coat A otherwise than as to the features of this invention is madeas ordinary.

F F are the water receiving and conductin g gutters or chambers. Eachgutter, as particularly shown, Figs. 4. and 5, is made of a strip ofindia-rubber molded or otherwise formed transversely into proper shapeand severally attached at the portions of the coat, and, as hereinafterstated, by india-rubber or other suitable cement, or by stitching orotherwise suitably. The gutters, however, may be made of other materialsand in other ways as, for instance, by a doubling or folding of thematerial of the coat upon itself and by pressing or molding or otherwiseshaping the so folded or doubled portion into a gutter or channel.

A gutter F, Fig. 1, is located across the lower portion of eachshoulder-point D, and also across the lower edge of each pocketlapel F,and in each instance the gutter is open at and along its upper edge, andit inclines downward from the front to the back of the coat. Again, Fig.1, gutters F are located near the bottom edge of the coat, extendingfrom each edge of the open front in a gradual downward incline aroundand across and to or near to the vertical central line of the back,where each terminates in an open end, and at or near the bottom edge ofthe coat, all practically as shown in Fig. 3, which is a face View ofthe lower portion of one-half of the coat laid out fiatand from the openfront edge to the vertical central line of back. Furthermore, gutters Fare located on the back, one leading from the back and lower end of eachgutter of the shoulder-points and pocket-lapels, as has been stated, andextend.

ing in a downward incline to a point near the gutters F on the back andleading from the gutters of the shoulder-points and pocketlapels, asstated, receive (the upper pair, or those leading from theshoulder-point gutters) the water which is shed by and passes over thesurface of the back of the coat from the neck downward to them, and thelower pair, or those leading from the pocket-lapel I gutters, the waterwhich is shed by and passes over the surface of the coat directly aboveand between them and said upper pair of gutters, and the gutters aroundthe lower portion of the coat not only receive the water which is shedby and runs over the body portion of the coat at all parts not embracedby the gutters already particularly mentioned, but also the water whichis gathered in said upper and lower pairs of gutters of the back, (itbeing delivered thereto at the lower open ends of said gutters,) and allof which water practically finally leaves and drops off of the .coat andfrom said gutters at or near its bottom edge and the vertical centralline of the back rearward of the wearer and coincident, or substantiallyso, with a vertical plane running between the legs.

A discharge of the Water from the coat at a common point at or .near thevertical central line and bottom edge of the back and otherwise, all asdescribed, obviously practically avoids all possibilityof the water indropping from the coat falling upon the pants of the wearer, and itsecures the accomplishment of the purpose of the invention in thehighest degree. As is plain, it is preferable to provide both theshoulder-points and the I poc'ket-lapels with gutters, as described; but

they may be dispensed with. Again, the back may have more gutters thanthose shown, similarly running-that is, in a down ward-incliningdirection toward and across and terminating near the vertical centralline of the back.

The invention, broadly considered, is not to be limited in theseregards. However, it is well to observe that the series and combinationof gutters'particularly shown and described are found most effic'ient inoperation and in service.

I am aware that, broadly considered, it is not new to provide awater-proof garment with water receiving and conducting channels, andthis I do not claim; but

Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is-

1. A water-proof garment provided with water receiving and conductingchannels or gutters located on the back and leading from opposite sidesof the garment and each havin g a downward inclination, those fromeither I back of the garment, and at the back each 4 arranged todischarge into a gutter thereof,

substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

2. A waterproof garment provided with water receiving and conductingchannels or gutters located on the back and leading from opposite sidesof the garment and each having a downward inclination, those from eitherside toward those from the other side, and severally open along theirupper edges and lower ends and terminating at or near the verticalcentral line of the back, in combination with water receiving andconducting channels or gutters located on and across the pocket-lapelsand open along their upper edges and inclining from the front to theback of the garment, and at the back each arranged to discharge into agutter thereof,

substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

3. A water-proof garment provided with water receiving and conductingchannels or gutters located on and across the shoulderpoints and thepocket-lapels of the garment, and each inclining from front to back ofthe garment and open along their upper edges and at their lower ends,and water receiving and conducting channels or gutters severally locatedon the back and one leading from the lower open end of each of saidshoulder-point and pocket-lapel channels and downward and on an inclinetoward and terminating at or near the vertical central line of the back,and having an upper open edge and lower open ends, in combination withwater receiving and conducting channels or gutters extending from eachside of the front open edge of the garment around to or near to thevertical central line of the back, and having a downward direction alongtheir length from front to rear and open along their upper edges and attheir lower ends, substantially as described, for the purposesspecified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

AMOS F. CHASE.

Witnesses:

ZENAS S. ARNOLD, ALBERT W. BROWN.

